Are you content?

In the past few months I have been reading books on contentment. One from Jeremiah Burroughs-Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment and the other by Stephen Altrogge- The Greener Grass Conspiracy...You must be thinking aint this an overdose on learning the art of contentment?? Nope, our hearts are very deceitful and we need to be steered to the truth every single waking moment of our lives.

Its been a while now, almost over 6 months since i have been reading these books. I struggled with discontentment when i did not have a job and I struggle today when I do have one... So what is the main cause for discontentment.

The answer:The disposition of our heart.

Our heart is very wicked and is never satisfied with anything  that we have. It will always seem less. It is a lie that we believe that If I have more I will be happy. One of the ways in which we can battle discontentment is by thanking the Lord for the immense blessings He has showered on us. The following Puritan prayer summarizes  it in the following words:

O Lord I am astonished at the difference

between by receivings and my deservings,

between the state I am now and my past gracelessness

between the Heaven I am bound for and the hell  I merit...

O that a crown should fit the head of such a sinner!

such high advancement be for an unfruitful person!

such joys for so vile a rebel! ( "The Mover")

May this prayer always remind us of our blessings! 

A video to help you understand the true state of our heart:)

My first post...

Well this is my first post in this blog. It was started by my sister and i thought why not put in some of my posts too.. so here it is..

A lesson that the Lord has been teaching me for quite some time is contentment.Very naturally as human beings we grumble about everythin, the weather, our job and the list goes on.. As children of God this atttitude does not glorify Him. As it says in Phillipians 2:14 "Do all this without grumbling or questioning". And it is a command. If we proclaim ourselves to be Christians we are supposed to obey his word, and give thanks to him always in everything(1Thel 5:18).

I remember Pastor Tom preaching in Kerusso Bible church some time back on this sin issue. It was very convicting as many a times we think it aint a sin to grumble.. We may say i am just sayin how I feel. But we actually are complaining to God and tellin him that,we dont like the way he is running my life...So let us learn to be content in every situation the Lord has put us in , as it says in 1Timothy6:6 "Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment"

Contentment

Hebrew 13:5 "Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake".

Contentment! What a wonderful gift from God Our Heavenly Father. It is to be satisfied with whatever is provided to us. This is one lesson I took years to learn and I still stumble at times.

But the word of God clearly exhorts us to keep ourselves free of the love of money. Money is not evil in itself. It is the love of money that spoils every thing! When we are consumed in the hoarding of things in our lives, we immediately replace God.

Hence it is very important to be content with what we have rather than what we do not have. God knows what we really need and we should trust Him completely, coz we have His promise. He is with us at all times!